Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
Adele’s 30 secures fifth week atop Official Irish Albums Chart
officialcharts.comAdele’s 30 holds firm at the top spot to claim Ireland’s 2021 Christmas Number 1 album. The superstar’s fourth studio record logs a fifth week at the summit, finishing ahead of Ed Sheeran’s = at 2, and ABBA’s Voyage at 3.
Michael Bublé’s popular Christmas album lifts a further two spots to Number 4 ahead of the big day itself, while three Irish acts feature inside the Top 10: Dermot Kennedy’s Without Fear at 5, Christy Moore’s Flying Into Mystery at 6, and Westlife’s Wild Dreams at 7.
Further down, several albums make big leaps back up the chart, including Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres, which rebounds 18 spots to 26 following the news they plan to split in 2025.
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